Tivoli Directory Server

Overview

A powerful Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) identity infrastructure that is the foundation for deploying comprehensive identity management applications and advanced software architectures like Web services.

• LDAP V3 support ensures compatibility with industry standard LDAP based applications
• Reliable IBM DB2 Universal Database V8.1 engine provides scalability to tens of millions of entries, as well as groups of hundreds of thousands of members
• Broad platform support: AIX, SolarisTM, Microsoft Windows 2000, and HP-UXTM, as well as Linux distributions for IntelTM, and IBM eServer iSeries, pSeries and zSeries platforms
• Robust replication capability for both master/subordinate replication, gateway, cascaded and peer-to-peer replication with up to dozens of master servers
• Eases management and usability with Web Administration GUI and features such as Dynamic and Nested Groups, along with Sorted and Paged Search Results
• Tight integration with IBM operating systems, WebSphere middleware, and Tivol identity management and security products

What's New in IBM Tivoli Directory Server V6.0? 

• Directory standard enhancements
• Security enhancements
• Serviceability and deployment enhancements
• Enhanced platform support
• Performance enhancements

IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a powerful, security-rich and standards-compliant enterprise directory for corporate intranets and the Internet. Directory Server is built to serve as the identity data foundation for rapid development and deployment of your Web applications and security and identity management initiatives by including strong management, replication and security features.

With IBM Tivoli Directory Server you can choose your authentication strategy, you can use simple user ID and password authentication, or you can implement the more secure digital certificate-based authentication structure. IBM Tivoli Directory Server also includes a Simple Authentication Security Layer (SASL) plug-in interface, including Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism MD5 (CRAM-MD5) and Kerberos authentication if required.

Supplies a powerful Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) infrastructure

Tivoli Directory Server provides a high-performance Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) identity infrastructure.

Tivoli Directory Server is built to serve as the identity data foundation for your Web applications and identity management initiatives.

• Supports hundreds of millions of entries by leveraging advanced reliability and scalability of proven IBM DB2 9 technology and built-in proxy server
• Extends an on demand identity infrastructure to leading business solutions through compliance with LDAP
• Maintains high availability using robust master/subordinate and peer-to-peer replication capabilities, with up to dozens of master servers
• Seamlessly integrates with IBM middleware, identity management and security products, plus leverage open integration with non-IBM offerings
• Offers end users Web-based access to, and the ability to update, white pages information
• Flexibly supports leading platforms, including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows Server, HP-UX, and SUSE and Red Hat Linux distributions

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